Plural-belt conveyer.



W. W. WALLACE.

PLURAL BELT vGONVEYER. APPLICATION FILED MR..119L2. QEfM-Jsm PatentedN0v.12,1912. 3 SHEETS-SHEET l.

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W. W. WALLACE.

PLURAL BELT CONVEYER.

APPLIGATIUN FILED MARf 1, 1912.

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PLURAL BELT GONVBYER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1912. PZLGDGL NOV. 12, 1.912.

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WILLIAM WALLACE, 0F CIIICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 RAYMOND C.PENFIELIL' or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MURAL-:BELT oo NvEYER.

spe-Cineman of Letters Patent.

Application tiled March 1, `1912. Serial No. 680,867.

- transferring material, especially for loading cars or like carriers,and, While having other and more general .fields of usefulness, is Zelladapted for the handling 'of lbriks` or like articles, and moreparticularly fo'rthe loading of bricks from `a kiln -or other?, storagespace into railroad cars,- thepresent illustrative embodiment being.shown as -for this use. A

.The principal objects of thev invention are to -provide a conveyersystem adapted to have diiierent portions thereofrloaded s1-multaneously from different portions of thc kiln or other storage space,and in conjunc- :tion therewith in the more complete 'embodiment hereinshown, to provide a conveyer arrangement adapted to load into both ends.0f a'ear Aat once.- .The above, andother objects of the invention, willbe better understood from the fol- 'lowing' detailed description, takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, and will be thereafterpointed out in the ap ended claims. u

eferring to the drawlin s, Figure 1 is a dia' ammatic .plan view, sowing the gen- 'cra or anization of my improved mecha;

nism; ig. 2 is a'corresponding diagrammatic side view 3 and 4 arecomplementary views Whic taken together, conyatitute a plan of thereceiving portion of the i improved machine; and Figs. 5 and 6 arecomplementary views which, taken together, constitute a side elevationcorresponding to the plan of Figs. 3 and 4.

In the illustrative embodiment of thc invention shown` theconveyer-system is arranged to be loaded from a kiln space extendingbetween series of posts l0, 10 and 11, 11 at opposite sides thereof,only two of -such posts at either side being shown, and .the conveyer isarranged to deliver the i bricks to oars, one of which is designated 12on atrack 13, which may extend along in 5 l general parallelism with thekiln. Track- Ways' 14 are Ashown mounted on the tops 4of the posts 10,11 for movement of a crane 15 over the kiln space, and, in the practiceof the resent inventon,another trackway 16 is a so carried at the up erparts of these posts, and withthisv tracli'way are. engagedfdependingroller supports 17, carrying rollers over which lare loopedcables 18 supporting the ends of a bridge support-19,

whichcarries the receiving portion of the conveyer system, this portionbeing thus adjustable through the length of the kiln by the traveling ofthe supports 17 along the trackway 16, and vertically 'through theheight of the kiln -by mani ulation ofthe supporting cables 18, as

The receiving portion of the conveyer,l des-- ignated generally' 20,which` is carried by the -bridge support 19, delivers to an intermediateconveyer portion, which is carried by a framework 21, having its endwhich connects with the conveyer portion 20, supported at a likeelevation in receiving relation thereto by any suitable means, shown .asa chain 22, depending from a bracket and standard support 23. Thedelivery end of this intermediate conveyer portion is supported at anormally fixed elevation on a rest 24 held at the proper elevation forgravity delivery into a car by a chain or cable25,

.mountedfor movement 'as seen at 26 along a trackway, having a columnsupport as at 27. The gravity conveyer from the point 24 into the car isindicated at 28, this consisting preferably of two oppositely branchingportions 29, 30 leading to the opposite ends of the car, and each ofsaid portions having a separate conveyer belt supply connection to bedescribed.

The receiving -conveyer* portion 20 is formed of a plurality, shown astwo, conveyer belts 31, 32 arranged side by side, the belt 32 extendingentirely across the kiln space, and the belt 31 extending approximatelyhalf Way across. shown as delivering through an intermediate conveyerportion 33 to the gravity conveyer branch '29 leading into one end ofthe car, and the belt 32 delivering through the intermediate conveyerportion 34 to the branch 30, leading to the lother end of the car. Thisarrangement enables the belt 32 to be loaded from the bricks at the sideof the kiln farthest from the car, While the ater described.`

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The belt 31 is belt 31 is being loaded by `other operatives -but it alsoenables the work to'be more veasily and conveniently performed, Sincethe bridge support 19 can be adjusted to bring both the belt portions31, 32 up close to the bricks which are to be loaded next thereon,without requiring the bricks for loading the belt 32 to bc lifted overthe belt 31, which diliicult and laborious proceeding would be necessaryif the belt 31 extended allthe way across the kiln.

Any desired mechanism may be arranged to impart power impulse t0 thebelt portions 31, 32, 33, 34, and to adjust the support 19 through thekiln s ace. means for driving tlie conveyor belts consists in a motor 35mounted on -the bridge support 19, and connected by lgearing 36 to ashaft 37 extending to near the for- Ward end of the platform andconnected,

by beveled gearing 38 and spur gearing 39 to a shaft 40, on which isfixed a drum 41, having portionsaround which the belts 31, 32 arelooped, these belts extending around rollers 42 at the inner end of thetop of the bridge support, and having suitiii) able.tension devices 43.The shaft 40 also has lixed 'thereon sprockets 44 at either end drivingsprocket chains '45, which pass around sprocket .wheels 46 on a shaft47, to which are xed drum portions 48, The intermediate belt portions33, 34 aire loopcd around these drum portions with suitable take-updevices 49; it will be understood that these belt portions are'supported at their ends, and also at intervals along their operativereaches on rollers 50, as is usual in such belt conveyers. Theouterextremif ties of the operative reaches of loading belts 3l, 32 passaround drums 51, 52, suitably journaled on the bridge support. A'second,

motor 53 is mounted on the support 19 and is' connected by reducinggearing 54 t0 winding drums 55, 56 at the opposite ends of the bridgesupport, the connection to drums being through gearing 57 to a shaft 58on .which said drums are fixed, and the connection to-drums 56 beingthrough beveled gearing 59 fixed' to a long shaft (it) extendingr thelength of the bridge support and connected by gearing 61 with a shalt(i2 on which said drums are fixed. 'lhe cables 18 may have one endthereof lixcd to the bridge Support, as at' 03, and thence extend npover the roller supports 17 and down around the respective windingdrums. The bridge- .snpport may be provided with a platl'ornl training(i4 extending alongside the loading belt vportioni 3l, 32

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at a suitable distance below the same, call culated :for convenience ofthe'operativcs in f standing thereon for the loading operation. `Whilethe beltarrangement of my improved mechanism, with -one` belt extendingpartly across the kiln, and another extending entirely across, hasspecial coperation with the oppositely extending conveyor branches 29,30 leading to the opposite ends of the car, whereby a doubleforceof mencan be employed bbth in the kiln'. for loading` andin the carfor pilingthe bricks t-hercin, and while I deslre to cover this combination bothbroadly and specifically, it will be understood that my improvel beltarrangement is not limited to use with the oppositel'y extendingdelivery branches or with any separated delivery branches, and- Itherefore desire to cover such belt ar" i rangement per se. It is alsoAto be understood that various of the details of construction lnay bemodified without departing from the essentials of the invention, and Itherefore'do not desire to be .limited in these, or inl any 'otherparticulars, except as set forth in the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I I claim as new and desireto secureby Letters" Patent is:

1. An' apparatus of the kind 'describeL` comprising a loading conveyorportion formed of plural parts arranged alongsideA u one another withone part extendingonly part way across the space from which,l the ijustment of. said conveyr portion laterally through thel space fromwhich the load is to be taken, with said plural tained in relativeoperative position.

parts main- 2. A conveyer system, having plural parte arranged alongsideone another, one o said parts extending partly, across a kiln space, andanother part extendingsubstantially entirely across said space, andmeans permitting said plural parts to be adjustably held in any desiredpart of said kiln space.

3.4 A conveyer system, having plural endless belts arranged alongsideone another, with means :for driving the same, one. of said beltsextending partly across a kiln space, and another belt extendingsubstantially entirely across. said space, and means permitting-'theadjustment of said belts horizontally and vertically through the kilnspace, while preserving their relative operative positions.

4. A conveyor system, comprising a support extending across onedimension of a kiln space and mounted for adjustment through lthe othertwo dimensions thereof,

conveyer mechanism fornied in plural parts mounted on said support, oneof said parts extending only to an interuualiate point of said kilnspace, and another part extending substantially entirely across saidspace, and a subsequent conveyor portion arranged to receive materialdelivered by said plural parts. l

A conveyer system, comprising plural conveyor parts arranged alongsideeach other, one of said parts being substantially shorter than the otherfor the purpose stated. and subsequent conveyer portions in connectiontherewith having oppositely extending branches for delivery to differentparts of a space to be loaded.

G. A conveyor system formed in two parts arranged alongside each other,one.ot said parts extending only to an intermediate point of a space tobe loaded, and the other part extending substantially entirely acrosssaid space, and separated conveyer portions connected with saidrespective parts having oppositely extending branches leading toditlerent parts ot` a space to be loaded.

7. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising a supportI extendinghorizontally across one dimension of a kiln space and adjustablehorizont-ally and vertically through the other dimensions thereof, twobelts extending alongside each other, one to a point intermediate thelength of said support and the other substantially the full lengththereof, and subsequent conveyer portions in connection with said beltsrespectively having oppositely branching ex tremities leading todifferent parts of a space to be loaded.

8. A conveyer system, comprising plural conveyor portions arrangedalongside one another, one portion extending partly across one dimensionof a kiln space, and the other extending substantially 'entirely acrosssaid dimension, means for adjusting said portions through the other twodimensions of the kiln space, and subsequent conveying means mounted inpermanent receiving relation to said portions throughout the adjustmentsthereof.

9. A conveyer system, comprising a support extending across onedimension of a kiln space and mounted4 for adjustment through the othertwo dimensions thereof, two loading conveye'r parts arranged alongsideeach other, one extending from one side ot' said'support partly acrossthe same and the other extending substantially the full lengt-h thereof,and subsequent conveyer .pax-ts, each in permanent receiving relation toone of said loading parts, and having oppositely extending deliverybranches lead ing to different parts of a space to be loaded. Intestimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of -two subscribing Witnesses.

VILLIAM WV. XVALLACE.

" lVitnesses:

A. POHLE, EDWARD Cox.

